Hey guys. I have a CM silent pro gold 550w psu, i7 4770(non-k),corsair 300r windowed case, Corsair h80i water cooler. Is this setup weak for this gpu?
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you will probably need a bigger psu. this card uses alot of power! also be warned, this card is not small! its a very hefty card taking up 2 1/2 expansion slots! and it is over 12 inches long! so be warned if you have a mid tower case, as it may not clear cd/hdd drive bays!
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yes it is Sapphire states on it's website that these GPU's need a 750watt or better power supply to run them properly. You read horror stories on every site of people blaming the cards for malfunction blue screens black screens I personally believe their problems have been due to cheap or inadequate power supplies. If you buy one buy a good name brand or just go to Hard OCP web site and they test them, buy one of their recommends you won't go wrong!!
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Officially, you should have a 500W power supply per each card, but I run four 780Ti's with this power supply with out an issue. Make sure you pay attention to what plugs are for GPU 1,2,3 and 4.
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Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for... » Read More Hi robert,Sorry for the delay, I used a watt meter to see how much my system was using. I have a big CPU cooler and this graphic card and I was reading 300 or so watts at the wall receptacle. I lean the way of others. While you could probably get by for a while with your power supply, solid voltage = stability in the computer world. If your PS is always near its limit, you may run in a lot of issues. A PS is fairly cheap and easy to install. I have a seatronic 750 S series to give me room for expansion in the future but it may be an overkill. A good 650 would be just fine for sure.Regards « Show Less
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It has the proper connectors to do so, but if you're using a 7770, this probably isn't the best power supply to use. While it's rated as a 500W psu, that's only peak output. I believe it actually averages about 380W to 425W. I would recommend looking at Thermaltake or Coolermaster for one of their 600W+ power supplies for a better experience. That said, this power supply is cheap and sufficient for most computing needs. For gaming, do like I suggested and spend a bit extra for a better, higher-wattage power supply.
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i just bought a 500w corsair . it works flawless. also have a R9 270x on the same rig http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builder-Watt-EPS%C2%A0-CX500/dp/B0092ML0MY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1415836474&sr=1-1&keywords=corsair+builder
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I have an NZXT H230 and a Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X. I haven't replaced my stock NZXT case fans but added 2 of the Noctua 120mm fans and have decreased my GPU temps by 10*c while gaming.
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I have this card and use it with a 850w XFX pro 80plus gold PSU and never ran into any issues, card uses up to 500w, and if you are using an intel CPU you should run beyond 750w of pek power, I run a 4790k with a seidon 240m water cooled slightly overclocked to 4.5ghz, and on max usage got 789w, so you will be fine
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430W Corsair CX430 very good power supply, even though for me I believe I am using a 390W HP power supply (scrap). you kinda don't need a lot of power for an APU unless your installing a graphics card.
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Hi, Ryan. I can't speak to your specific hardware configuration, but I can give you mine for a somewhat-apples-to-somewhat-apples comparison. I am running this same GTX 650 Ti 2GB in a machine with: i7 950 overclocked to 3.07GHz, 16GB RAM, 1x 64GB SSD, 2x 1TB 7200RPM HDD, 1x 750GB 7200RPM HDD. This machine has a 600W OCZ PSU, and I've had no issues with lack of power. YMMV, of course. This is a great little consumer-level card, probably the best I've owned so far. It has taken everything I've thrown at it (all games on "high" settings) with ease.
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honestly I haven't experience any and I'm running an R9 290 in there. Air flow will be restricted, I just swap out the intake fans for some SP and dropped my GPU temp from mid 40's to high 30's on idle, and no PSU problem as long you have the intake fan on the PSU facing down. I love this case. So clean and minimalist, I would not crossfire/sli in unless they were some Blower Cards.
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Hi, Ryan. I can't speak to your specific hardware configuration, but I can give you mine for a somewhat-apples-to-somewhat-apples comparison.I am running this same GTX 650 Ti 2GB in a machine with: i7 950 overclocked to 3.07GHz, 16GB RAM, 1x 64GB SSD, 2x 1TB 7200RPM HDD, 1x 750GB 7200RPM HDD. This machine has a 600W OCZ PSU, and I've had no issues with lack of power. YMMV, of course.This is a great little consumer-level card, probably the best I've owned so far. It has taken everything I've thrown at it (all games on "high" settings) with ease.
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It's a junk low of the low tier psu, spend the extra money and get a sea sonic or superflower made unit, my cx750 had major coil whine. I now happily own a silent evga g2 850w psu made by superflower.
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I use this card with an intel 4790k, seidon 240 cooler and 3 HDDs with a XFX pro 850w 80 plus gold, I know its barely enough but it has never gone beyond 750w on load, running games like metro last light at 1080p maxed out or crysis 3 at 1080p maxed out. I used to have an AMD CPU FX8350 with a mobo m5a99x evo r2 and used this same card/psu and never went beyond 750w either. If you use a bigger screen (3 or more monitors, 1440p or 4k) you will demand more power on the card and most likely go beyond 850w power consumption so it all depends on your rig.
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I'm using my A10-5800K which has the same thermal design of 100 watts with a 160 watt power suply. This is my 2nd year and never had any problems even when running games. I GOT Pico PSU with 90% and more efficiency which other manufacturers rate as Platinum. I also have a voltage meter and never saw mkre than 135watts of usage. I don't know why other answers suggest such a high watts. You'll be fine with 200-250 at most
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It should be fine, but just. Im running an i52500@3.7 and my 780@1ghz with a Corsair AX750.. My system consumes around 450w at full load. You may want to try it out first and then upgrade your Psu if you need to, specially if you are going to OC. Which I assume you will. But again, it should be fine to be honest. Have you simulated your power consumption online?
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I'm running this card with an i7-3770k, 16GB RAM, HDD, blu ray drive, loads of fans using a 300W PSU. All is well. It's about 65w for the card.
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In the context of a standard PC desktop/tower build, you can get away with a 500-watt PSU if you stick to a single graphics card setup plus optical drive and hard drive, a couple of cooling fans, etc. Anything beyond that and you'll need more capacity. For example, if you're a gamer and want to run a dual-card SLI graphics card setup, that alone can chew up to 300 watts under heavy load, leaving little operating margin for other significant loads such as the main CPU, etc. On my own build, I went with a high-quality 850-watt PSU from Corsair. Although I'm only running one MSI GTX 760-based graphics card right now, I have enough power supply capacity to add another card at any time without worrying about straining, even though I'm moderately overclocking my Intel 4770K quad-core CPU (to 4.3 Ghz) and have installed a liquid cooling system and four power-efficient cooling fans. I estimate that my system draws a maximum of about 400 watts when running a game (including all my drives and peripherals). The PSU's internal cooling fan rarely kicks on, which lets me know I'm letting the PSU loaf most of the time. Keeping a PSU cool and in the middle of its rated supply capacity also helps with power efficiency. In conclusion, if you know you'll stick with a single graphics card, go with one rated at 650 watts for peace of mind. For two cards, I would go with 850 watts. I know that some people will think my recommendations are a bit of overkill, but as someone who's had to replace a couple of PSUs in the past because I tried to save a few bucks by shaving power margins, I'd rather pay a bit extra for peace of mind. Note that many hardcore gamers won't settle for anything less than a 1.2KW supply!